Poison •E.killmonger

Lost Boy 4 • Ezine

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"You shot the prince"

One of the most beautiful things next to the sunset in wakanda was the serene view of the sunrise through the colored glass windows. Taking glances as i walk through the unusually quiet halls i slow down my quick pace.

The usual fast paced aura that had been filling the halls the past few weeks had been gone and replaced with something more peaceful. The closer i get to the main rooms i hear the chefs preparing brunch or cleaning up from breakfast, the dora milaje in one room sparring and 2 interns run past me heading to shuri's lab.

Everything seemed as if it was back to normal...or as normal as it was before N'jadaka graced Wakanda with his presence, not one sound of an argument nor a frowning face in sight. Which only left me with one question— where exactly was the prince?

Before im able to think long about it, as i pass the doors to the garden i hear growling and the sounds of heavy breathing...panting maybe?
Creeping towards the open door my previous task forgotten about i notice 3 leopards running past the door putting me on high alert.

We often had animals find their way to the palace and on a rare ocassion a panther or two found their way in. It wasnt that we were opposed to animals we had rhinos and worshipped a panther goddess but this wasnt a petting zoo. So for instances like these we kept tranq darts loaded in a gun on the wall just to paralize them until someone could take them back to the jungle.

The gun was light in my hands and i checked the holster just to make sure it was loaded before shutting it close with a click. The same click that grabs the attention of the leopard before it becomes a stare down and 2 more join behind him. His tounge darts out before he takes a predatory step forward making me aim at him.

"Sekai!"

And 6 darts fly out aimed at the leopard but N'jadaka jumps in the way sending the darts into his chest making the leopards scatter. I see the panic in his face as he struggles to move yet fails ultimately passing out. He was going to kill me if i didnt kill him first. Hologram calling shuri seems like the best thing to do so i raise my beads dialing her up.

"Shuri...we have a problem"

"Hes going to kill me" i mutter pacing the spotless white floor of shuris lab fiddling with the butterfly clip in my hair. Shuri turns around from him and faces me with a smile.

Hes shirtless laid on a medical table, dreads scattered and dangling in his face and...hes never looked so peaceful...almost dead.

"Good news...depending on who you ask— hes not dead." She begins disposing all of the darts she removed from him into a sharps container.

His vitals looked normal on the display bored as they were being monitored by a gold cuff around both wrist that had been strapped to the bed. While they looked like restraints he could easily open them.

"Also he wont kill you i just need to go grab something ill be right back" she tells me gathering her braids behind her in a ponytail but i panic.

"W-wait youre leaving me with him?" I stutter nervous that he'd wake up when she was gone and try to kill me. Even though i had a higher chance of surviving a fight with him over the girl who had little to no training i still would rather her be here.

"You'll be fine" she calls out already at the door making me frown. She was right i'll be fine its not like i did it on purpose and im sure he knew that...who the hell am i kidding N'jadaka could hold a grudge and fucked with people for fun i was—